RADFORD, or Radford-Semele, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Warwick. The village stands adjacent to the Rugby and Leaming-ton railway and to the Warwick and Napton canal, 1½mile W N W of the Fosse way, and 2 E S E of Leamington r. station; and has a post-office under Leamington. The parish comprises 2,093 acres. Real property, £4, 299. Pop., 527. Houses, 129. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to F. E. Williams, Esq. R. Hall is the seat of E. Lythall, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £200.* Patron, F. E. Williams, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There are a national school, and charities £17.—The sub-district contains also 8other parishes. Acres, 16, 168. Pop., 4,049. Houses, 900.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))